Green and White Take Three Top-Tens, Finish Second at Achtzehn Classic

Sep 17, 2011

YORK, Pa. – The York College women's cross country team picked up a second-place team finish on Saturday at their own Coach Achtzehn Classic held at John Rudy Park in York. The Spartans, who finished behind first-place Goucher, collected 43 points to take the runner-up spot out of nine total schools.

Senior Mandy Parshall proved the first Spartan to cross the line as she snagged fourth overall. Parshall recorded a time 24:53.25, securing fourth out of the 91 runners.

Freshman Misty Parshall finished two spots behind her older sister as she ran to a 24:59.35 sixth-place finish.

"Both Mandy and Misty ran well today," Spartan head coach Erick Camodeca said of their performance.

Fellow rookie Jess Miller was the third York runner in the top-ten, traversing the course in 25:25.01 to finish tenth overall. Rachel Berninger, who Coach Camodeca described as "awesome, she stepped up," came in 12th for the Green and White as she posted a 25:31.80.